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The Sociology and Professionalization of Economics A. W. Bob Coats (University of Nottingham, UK)

The Sociology and Professionalization of Economics By A. W. Bob Coats (University of Nottingham, UK)

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Coats has made an outstanding contribution to the history of economic thought, economic methodology and the sociology of economics. This unique volume represents a substantial part of his work on the sociology and professionalization of economics.

1 INTRODUCTION Part I The sociology of economics 2 THE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS 3 THE SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE: ITS APPLICATION TO ECONOMICS 4 IS THERE A 'STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS' IN ECONOMICS? 5 THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE MARGINAL REVOLUTION OF THE 1870s 6 THE ROLE OF AUTHORITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH ECONOMICS 7 SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BRITISH ECONOMIC THOUGHT (ca. 1880-1930) 8 THE CULTURE AND THE ECONOMISTS: SOME REFLECTIONS ON ANGLO-AMERICAN DIFFERENCES 9 THE ROLE OF SCHOLARLY JOURNALS IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS: AN ESSAY 10 THE LEARNED JOURNALS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMICS AND THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION: THE BRITISH CASE Part II Institutions, their history and activities 11 THE FIRST TWO DECADES OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION 12 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY CLUB: A NEGLECTED EPISODE IN AMERICAN ECONOMIC THOUGHT 13 THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION, 1904-29 14 THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION'S PUBLICATIONS: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 15 THE ORIGINS OF THE 'CHICAGO SCHOOL(S)'? 16 JOHN ELLIOTSON SYMES, HENRY GEORGE AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN NOTTINGHAM DURING THE 1880s 17 THE ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROYAL ECONOMIC SOCIETY 18 THE CHANGING SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF THE ROYAL ECONOMIC SOCIETY 1890-1960 AND THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF BRITISH ECONOMICS 19 ALFRED MARSHALL AND THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS: SOME UNPUBLISHED LETTERS 20 THE DISTINCTIVE LSE ETHOS IN THE INTER-WAR YEARS Part III The economics profession and the role of economists in government 21 ECONOMICS AS A PROFESSION 22 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS PROFESSION IN ENGLAND 23 THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION AND THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION 24 THE MARKET FOR ECONOMISTS IN BRITAIN, 1945-75: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY 25 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMISTS IN GOVERNMENT: AN INTERNATIONALATIONAL COMPARATIVETIVE STUDY 26 BRITAIN: THE RISE OF THE SPECIALISTS 27 SOME WARTIME OBSERVATIONS ON THE ROLE OF THE ECONOMIST IN GOVERNMENT (with Alan Booth) 28 THE CHANGING ROLE OF ECONOMISTS IN SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT SINCE 1960 29 ECONOMISTS IN GOVERNMENT: AN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

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9781138009325

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1138009326

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The Sociology and Professionalization of Economics: British and American Economic Essays, Volume II by A. W. Bob Coats (University of Nottingham, UK)

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A. W. Bob Coats (University of Nottingham, UK)

Series

British and American Economic Essays

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New

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Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

2014-04-28

Number of pages

656

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